Low tannin in Beaujolais

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · Racy acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Forêt's entry-level Beaujolais AOC: light, crunchy and racy, built for drinking fresh from the year of harvest.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · Racy acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Domaine des Crais' simple Beaujolais AOC: light, racy Gamay for fresh, immediate drinking.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · Racy acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Entry-level Beaujolais AOC from Prieuré Saint-Romain: light, crunchy and racy for immediate drinking.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

Zordan's Beaujolais Blanc from unoaked Chardonnay: light and crisp with white-peach and citrus-blossom freshness, clean mineral finish.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant

Vissoux's Chardonnay from Pierres Dorées limestone soils: precise, mineral-driven Beaujolais Blanc with white peach and chalky freshness in the understated house style.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

Nugues' unoaked Beaujolais Blanc: straightforward, clean Chardonnay with pear and citrus freshness for early drinking.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

Terres Dorées' Chardonnay from the golden limestone of Pierres Dorées: between Mâcon and Chablis in character, with peach-blossom freshness, chalky mineral and restrained richness.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Pierre-Marie Chermette's estate Beaujolais AOC from the Vissoux's Pierres Dorées plots: whole-cluster, unforced, clean red-cherry Gamay made in the traditional pre-industrial Beaujolais style.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · Racy acidity · Easygoing · Funky

Lapalu's entry-level Beaujolais AOC: natural fermentation in concrete gives a vibrant, crunchy red-fruit profile with racy acidity and a sauvage lift.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Easygoing

Duboeuf's Beaujolais Nouveau is the widely-distributed reference for the third-Thursday-November release: carbonic-maceration Gamay bottled and released on the third Thursday of November, with characteristically exuberant fruit and soft structure.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

P'tit Caillou ('little stone') is Vionnet's entry-level Beaujolais AOC: unpretentious, fresh Gamay with crunchy red fruit and mineral granite lift for immediate drinking.

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Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Romain Zordan's youthful-style Beaujolais-Villages: fresh fruit, bright acidity and minimal tannin for versatile bistro drinking.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Domaine Forêt's Beaujolais-Villages: light, fresh and immediately drinkable Gamay with granite freshness, produced for the local restaurant and bistro trade.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Funky

Pacalet's Villages is a textbook natural Beaujolais-Villages: fresh, crunchy fruit, wild-herb lift and the natural wine energy of spontaneous fermentation without additions.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Domaine des Nugues' estate Beaujolais-Villages from the Lancié village in the northern Villages zone: clean, accessible Gamay with strawberry-cherry freshness.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Domaine des Crais' Beaujolais-Villages: a reliable, fresh and fruity Villages Gamay with granite lift for early drinking.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Sables d'Or's ('golden sands') Beaujolais-Villages from sandy Gamay soils in the Villages zone: light, fresh and easy-drinking with a characteristic sandy-mineral lift.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Fief des Sept Clés' Beaujolais-Villages: clean, fruit-forward Gamay with peony and granite freshness for everyday drinking.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Prieuré Saint-Romain's estate Beaujolais-Villages: straightforward, clean red-cherry Gamay from the Villages zone for the Lyon bistro trade.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Domaine des Rabioux' Beaujolais-Villages: honest, fresh and fruit-forward Gamay from the Villages zone, produced for local and regional restaurant supply.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Domaine Châteauvieux's Beaujolais-Villages: clean, fresh-fruited Gamay with light tannin and granite mineral freshness.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Terres de la Cour's Beaujolais-Villages from the northern Villages zone: reliable, clean cherry Gamay with granite freshness.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Duboeuf's flagship Beaujolais-Villages: the textbook expression of the style, fresh, fruit-forward and accessible, sourced from dozens of Villages-zone growers across the appellation.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Voûte des Crozes' lighter-soiled Brouilly: fresh strawberry and peony aromas, low tannin and bright acidity for early, easy drinking.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Crêt des Garanches' estate Brouilly from the granite-clay soils at the foot of Mont Brouilly: clean, fresh and approachable Gamay with granite mineral lift.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Domaine de Bel Air's estate Brouilly: straightforward, fruit-forward Gamay with fresh strawberry and cherry, light tannin and bright acidity for easy bistro drinking.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Thivin's Brouilly from the Reverdon lieu-dit at the base of Mont Brouilly: lighter-soiled, fruit-forward Gamay with bright acidity and gentle tannin.

Dry · Refreshing · Easygoing

Dry · Refreshing · Elegant

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Elegant

Chiroubles classic from a long-standing Cheysson family estate: perfumed, high-altitude Gamay with pronounced floral delicacy and bright cherry fruit.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic

Natural Fleurie from Yvon Metras, with the appellation's signature pink granite-driven floral perfume. Zero sulfur and whole-cluster produce remarkable aromatic transparency.

Dry · Easygoing · Rustic

Dry · Easygoing · Rustic

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Burgundy winemaking precision applied to Fleurie Gamay. Biodynamic farming and old Burgundy foudres produce a mineral, precise Fleurie with genuine terroir expression.

Dry · Easygoing · Rustic

Dry · Easygoing · Rustic

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Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic

Sunier's Fleurie is a study in Gamay refinement: perfumed and silky with ethereal floral character, minimal intervention and an unusually long, airy finish.

Dry · Elegant · Rustic

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Cuvée Flower is Duboeuf's wider-selection Fleurie: accessible and immediately perfumed with rose-petal floral notes and soft tannin, widely distributed internationally.

Dry · Easygoing · Funky

Dry · Refreshing · Elegant

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Rustic

Historic Fleurie single-vineyard from Les Moriers, one of Chignard's flagship parcels on pink granite. Perfumed, floral and classically structured.

Dry · Rustic · Elegant

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Rustic

Whole-cluster Gamay fermented with native yeasts, zero sulfur. Transparent, mineral Morgon with lifted red fruit and the characteristic schist-iron signature of the appellation.

Dry · Easygoing · Rustic

Dry · Easygoing · Rustic

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Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Named for the golden-limestone colour of the Pierres Dorées hillsides, Roussette is Terres Dorées' richest white: beeswax, ripe peach and hazelnut character from old-barrel Chardonnay on the golden stone terroir.

Dry · Easygoing · Refreshing

Dry · Easygoing · Funky

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Domaine Breton's Régnié: a light, floral, crunchy-fruit Gamay true to the appellation's reputation for early-drinking freshness and fragrance.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Funky

Sunier's natural Régnié: silk-textured, fragrant Gamay with whole-cluster character, wild-berry freshness and minimal-intervention precision.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Duboeuf's Régnié from the youngest cru: the typical light, fragrant and raspberry-driven character of the appellation, assembled from selected growers in Régnié-Durette.

Dry · Easygoing · Romantic

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Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · Racy acidity · Easygoing · Funky

Wild Soul is Sunier's entry-level Beaujolais AOC: funky, crunchy dark fruit and wild-herb energy from whole-cluster carbonic fermentation in cement, no additions.